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Construction Law for the General Practitioner in the Age of COVID-19

Name: Construction Law for the General Practitioner in the Age of COVID-19
Start: 2020-04-23T10:30:00+0000
Location: Online Webinar

When: April 23, 2020 at 10:30am – 11:30am

People: John P. Giffune

Location:

Online Webinar

Construction attorney John Giffune will be speaking with Michael Bosse, Shareholder of Bernstein Shur, for the Cumberland Bar Association's online webinar on April 23 at 10:30AM.

Topics include:

Securing your client’s right to payment – mechanics’ liens, payment bonds
Force majeure
Insurance issues
Considerations in contract drafting/negotiation
Navigating essential business orders

For more information, visit the event page here.

Firm Highlights

Matter

Breach of AIA Construction Contract and Waiver of Consequential Damages By Owner

Our client, a general contractor, and the project owner signed an American Institute of Architect A101 contract with accompanying A201 general conditions. The project included construction of a new office/retail building, and associated site...

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Project Owner Breached Contract by Attempting to Terminate Contractor

Our client, large construction contractor, completed construction of a new entry at a public building. The scope of work included construction of new concrete sidewalks, stairs, accessibility ramp, canopy, lighting, railings and a non-load...

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Defense of Contractor - Davis-Bacon Prevailing Wage Claims

This case concerned the construction of a marine boat dock on an island in Boston Harbor. The Plaintiff claimed entitlement to unpaid wages and enhanced wages under the federal prevailing wage statute known as...

Publication/Podcast

Is the Coronavirus Pandemic a Force Majeure?

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Procurement

We have assisted many owners, and contractors in design and construction contracting including: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Investment Management Company on over a billion dollars in projects in Kendall Square area of Cambridge, Massachusetts...

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Engineering Malpractice

We asserted claims on behalf of a large private institution related to defective design and installation of a geothermal heating and cooling system in a high profile public building. The matter was settled favorably...

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Defense of Breach of Contract, Negligent Construction and Breach of Duty of Workmanship Claims

We successfully defended a large mechanical contractor in connection with lawsuit stemming from the comprehensive failure of the hydronic piping system in a resort hotel's heating and cooling system. Through fact and expert witness...

Matter

Client Recovers on Claim On Differing Site Conditions Claim Involving Subsurface Contaminated Soils

We successfully resolved a substantial claim for our client, a large, Maine based site contractor, stemming from differing site conditions encountered on an aviation facility owned by project federal government. The case stemmed from...

Publication/Podcast

Massachusetts COVID-19 Essential Services as they Relate to the Construction Industry

On March 23, 2020, Governor Baker issued “an emergency order requiring all businesses and organizations that do not provide ‘COVID-19 Essential Services’ to close their physical workplaces and facilities to workers, customers and the...

Publication/Podcast

City of Portland Releases Guidelines and Procedures for All Construction Sites and Workers at all Public Works

On Monday, March 30, I participated in a video conference on construction activities and COVID-19 sponsored by the Portland Chamber of Commerce with various City of Portland officials and representatives of the developer/contractor community...